Australia’s Defense Science and Technology Organization (DSTO) recently announced the successful testing of an experimental scramjet based craft which was rocketed to an altitude of 530 km and reached a speed of Mach 10 during re-entry. This test launch is ...

The U.S. Army will soon start to evaluate the second generation Aggressor off-road Alternative Mobility Vehicle. The new version is based around a new diesel-electric hybrid engine with a unique battery-only operation, allowing it to switch into “silent mode” for ...

Technique for reading a computer screen from a distance was recently developed by a German computer scientist working in Cambridge University. The technique allows eavesdropping on flat panels from a distance of dozens of meters away using fairly cheap electronic ...

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati developed a new technique for growing ultra long carbon nanotubes. Although the nanotubes are still less than 2 cm long they have the potential to be longer, stronger and better conductors of electricity than ...

A study published by Rice University scientists recently predicted the existence of a new “buckyball-like” molecule consisting entirely of boron atoms. The boron buckyball has 80 atoms and is structurally similar to the original C60 fullerene, but its additional atoms ...

Boston Dynamics, a U.S. based robotic company, has been developing for the past several years a new four legged robotic mule which could carry equipment and supplies for ground forces moving in rough train. The prototype “BigDog” as it is ...

The American giant Honeywell is developing a new Miniature Air Vehicle (MAV) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The new drone has vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities which allows it to operate virtually anywhere, even in semi ...

On the 4/3/2007 the high-speed French train named V-150 broke the world speed record for trains or rails. The 17 years old record was set by another French train which reached a speed of 515 km/h (320 mph). The new ...

For the first time the gigantic Airbus A380, also known as the Superjumbo, landed in the U.S. The Superjumbo is the largest airliner in the world capable of carrying up to 853 passengers (555 people in the standard three-class configuration). ...

New type of small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) has recently been introduced by the Israeli company Elbit. The portable, lightweight robot is designed to operate in an urban environment and is controlled by a single operator. Besides surveillance and reconnaissance ...